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The Big 12 is not happy with ESPN. They made that abundantly clear on Wednesday when the conference sent a “cease and desist” letter, demanding that the sports network end any and all actions that could harm the Big 12 and its members.
Apparently, the Big 12 believes that ESPN is trying to urge other conferences to take on the remaining members soon after Texas and Oklahoma officially join the SEC. This breakdown of the relationship between the two parties could have ripple effects too.
In fact, Barrett Sallee, a college football analyst for CBS Sports, thinks stuff is about to get real. On Thursday morning, he tweeted:
“It is now abundantly clear that Texas and Oklahoma will play in the SEC next fall. This whole ESPN thing will accelerate the hell out of this process.”
It is now abundantly clear that Texas and Oklahoma will play in the SEC next fall. This whole ESPN thing will accelerate the hell out of this process.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) July 29, 2021
There has been speculation from the beginning that the Longhorns and Sooners would figure out a way to make the jump from the Big 12 to the SEC well before the grant of media rights ends in 2025. This latest development only furthers that suspicion, even pushing it as a soon as 2022.
We’re quickly finding out that what’s happening off the field is going to have a much bigger impact than anything that happens on it this upcoming season. Watching the legal battles unfold will be fascinating and certainly worth monitoring.
Stay tuned.
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I love the obvious analysis…what’s next? The B1G and the ACC will duke it out for Notre Dame? The PAC12 are gonna have to figure a way out to stay relevant? Go to @thefootballvets for exactly how it will all play out. We have a crystal ball that actually works.
PAC-12 won’t be relevant again until USC hires a head coach who is allowed to run the program and not let the old guard have any input or power.
Yes, if a Nick Saban-type coach (successful, and didn’t care for the BS) came along and basically said “This is how it’s s gonna go, and if you don’t like it, I will leave.” That is the only way USC will return to prominence.
Good. You don’t want to be around then good riddance. Texas has now ruined the SWC, and two iterations of the Big 12. Yay! C R E A M $$$$$$$$$$$ yaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllll
Can you show us on roll where Texas personally hurt you?
Doll*
Can you show me a roster with more 4/5 star players that struggles to consistently beat TCU, Iowa State, Kansas State and WVU? Oh that’s right its Texas. Good luck finishing 8th or 9th in the SEC every season. Basketball is way overrated too. I guess you have baseball.
William.
1) You have a great state filled with good Patriots. (homeless needle reservation Austin notwithstanding)
2). It is objectively true that the blundering of the Longhorn network screwed the BIG12 once and then permanently.
3). The Longhorns stink
4). I’m aware that Michigan stinks too 😂
Amen!
It is funny how such a mediocre football program results in such giant ego
Exactly.
ESECPN destroys everything it touches.
Who gives a crap what race baiting Barrett has to say?
True.
I’m curious exactly *how* he assumes that UT and OU will play in the SEC next year absent B12 consent. The B12 would get a TRO immediately.
Money caused this issue, and it is gonna take $$$ to fix it for the B12 members that are left behind.
Can’t play in the Big 12 if there is no Big 12
The Big XII are about to be as relevant as newspapers and taxi cabs.
This is true, but OU/UT still need a divorce before they can get remarried. And the B12 still must consent to them leaving next year, if they intend to do so. Right now the B12 is the proverbial “woman scorned”
Kaitlyn Jenner ESPN at it again. I hope I live long enough to see another sports network take over.